Wildlife Experiences
Tour Package17 Days /16 Nights | Person AllowPeople: 5 | Tour LocationNamibia |
Highlights
Opportunity to see the Big 5, Windhoek, Waterberg, Etosha National Park, Caprivi Strip, Botswana, houseboat on the Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Victoria Falls.
Information
Included
✓ 16 x nights accommodation
✓ 17 x days 4×4 vehicle
✓ Representative on call 24/7
✓ Personal meeting in Windhoek
✓ 16 x breakfast
✓ 13 x dinner
✓ 1 x Namibia book
✓ All boat transfers as mentioned in the program
✓ 2 x car transfer
Excluded
❌ Park entrance fees or park permits at National parks
❌ Personal expenses e.g. telephone, drinks, meals not mentioned, souvenirs, tips & gratuities
❌ International Flights
❌ Optional activities
❌ Petrol for rental car and extras e.g. contract fee, driver sign up fee
❌ Travel Insurance or Visa Fees
Tour Program
This tour program is intended as a suggestion, and depending on your wishes, schedule and budget, we will be happy to put together a tailor-made program for you.
BB = Overnight stay | Breakfast
DBB = Dinner | Overnight stay | Breakfast
FB = Lunch or lunch packages | Dinner | Overnight stay | Breakfast, activities and activity
Day 1: Overnight: Hotel in Windhoek (bed | breakfast)
Arrival at the international airport. Pick up your rental car. Approx. 30 minutes drive to the hotel in Windhoek.
Day 2: Overnight: Camp in the Otjiwarongo area (dinner | overnight stay | breakfast)
Your safari “Wildlife Experiences” really begins today. You drive north to the first lodge, which is located near Otjiwarongo. Arrive at noon and relax, or optionally take part in a sundowner drive.
Days 3: Overnight: Camp in Etosha National Park (bed | breakfast)
On the horizon ahead of you, the rising sun, 149.6 million km away, signals its wake-up call.
This morning, you can take part in an optional informative guided drive through the Mopane savannah to the white rhinos, who will be your special guests at the bush brunch.
Around midday, you leave the camp and drive to the world-famous Etosha National Park. In the language of the Ovambo tribe, Etosha means “great white place”.
Day 4: Overnight: Camp in Etosha National Park (bed | breakfast)
If you wish, you can leave the camp and explore the park on your own. The Etosha National Park has a biodiversity that is hard to beat. A variety of animals gather at the waterholes which can lead to a spectacular experience. Every single waterhole has a unique character. For example, the Okondeka waterhole is one of the best for lion spotting. The predator can often be spotted here with prey. The waterhole is a natural spring and is located a little north of Okaukuejo right on the western edge of the pan.
Day 5: Overnight: Lodge on the east side of Etosha (dinner | overnight stay | breakfast)
With a length of 130 km and a width of 50 km, the Etosha Pan is by far the largest in Africa and also the most striking feature of the park. The total area is approximately 4800 km2, which corresponds to about a quarter of the total area of Etosha National Park.
Today you cross the national park in an easterly direction and thus have the opportunity to drive to the waterholes completely to the east.
Continue east through the park to your next accommodation, which is located outside the park.
Day 6: Overnight: Lodge on the east side of Etosha (dinner | overnight stay | breakfast)
Today you have another opportunity to drive to various waterholes in the park in your rental car. Set off early to drive into the park as soon as the gates open. At one particular waterhole there is usually a leopard resting in the tree after its nightly hunt.
Day 7: Overnight: Lodge outside Rundu (dinner | overnight | breakfast)
Today the route continues north to the Caprivi Strip.
The drive takes you past many small indigenous villages and on to Rundu, where you have an overnight stay on the Kavango River.
Day 8: Overnight stay: Lodge in the Mahango area (dinner | overnight stay | breakfast)
After breakfast, you continue eastwards and pass the Popa Waterfalls. However, these are not real waterfalls, but a series of several rapids.
The Caprivi falls into the tropical climate zone and records high rainfall during the rainy season (December to March). With high temperatures, the weather is often hot and humid. The entire Western Caprivi is now a game reserve. In 2002, the former Mahango Game Park and the West Caprivi Game Park were merged to form the Bwabwata National Park. The park stretches between the Okavango and Kwando rivers and covers an area of over 5000 square kilometers. It is estimated that around 8000 elephants live in the area, as well as 1000 buffalo and many antelope species, hyenas, lions and leopards.
Day 9: Overnight stay: Lodge in the Mahango area (dinner | overnight stay | breakfast)
Today is at your leisure.
Optional activities:
Morning | afternoon game drive on your own in the Mahango Park or excursion to Botswana to the Okavango Panhandle. Game drives with the lodge in the nearby Mahango National Park. You can also book boat trips on the Kavango River or a breakfast boat tour.
Day 10: Overnight stay: Lodge on the Kwando River (dinner | overnight stay | breakfast)
At the very top, on its northern border, Namibia is not quite over yet. Squeezed between Zambia and Botswana, a gifted piece of land stretches eastwards to the Zambezi. It really is just a tip, which is why it is called the Caprivi tip.
Continue your journey through the water-rich Caprivi Strip, which is now called Bwabwata National Park. Your accommodation is located on the Kwando River. An ideal place to relax and let nature take effect on you.
Optional: game drives in Mudumo National Park on your own or a boat trip on the Kwando River. A guided bush walk is also an option, as is a fishing trip. In the western part of the Strip lies the Bwabwata National Park, an untouched wilderness with more than 400 bird species. A paradise for birdwatchers.
The Kwando River is a tributary of the Zambezi and forms the border between the eastern and western parts of the Caprivi Strip.
The day is at leisure.
Day 11: Overnight: Lodge on the Kwando River(Dinner | Overnight stay | Breakfast)
Today you have the opportunity to explore the Kwando area extensively. The lodge also offers optional activities such as game drives in the Bwabwata Park in the morning or afternoon, as well as boat trips on the Kwando River.
Day 12: Overnight stay: Lodge near Chobe National Park (dinner | overnight stay | breakfast)
Departure in the morning in the direction of Botswana. After approx. 200 km you reach the border crossing. Continue (approx. 70 km) through the Chobe National Park to Kasane. Here you return the rental car at the airport and then transfer to your accommodation in Kasane, which is located directly on the Chobe River.
The afternoon is at leisure.
Day 13: Overnight stay: Lodge near Chobe National Park (dinner | overnight stay | breakfast)
Optional: This morning you have the opportunity to go on an approximately three-hour game drive in an open off-road vehicle in Chobe National Park. Chobe National Park is not only an elephant mecca but is also home to huge herds of buffalo and Burchell’s zebra and a high density of predators such as lions, spotted hyenas and cheetahs.
The afternoon is at leisure.
Day 14: Overnight: On a houseboat (full board & boat activities)
Today after breakfast, a transfer service will take you to Kasane Immigration Station. You will travel upstream by boat transfer to a houseboat. You will already be on the houseboat for lunch. Activities and excursions depending on the weather (examples: Excursion to a traditional village, bird watching, hike to the baobab tree on Impalila Island). 3 motorboats per houseboat allow flexible planning of water activities.
Experience the romantic sunset as the sun sinks over the Chobe River on the horizon.
Day 15: Overnight: On a houseboat (full board & boat activities)
Chobe National Park is known for having the largest elephant population in Africa. The 10,500 sq km national park is home to over 80,000 pachyderms, most of which are found in the far north of the park on the banks of the Chobe River.
Three smaller boats are available for close-up game drives.
Day 16: Overnight: Hotel in Victoria Falls (bed | breakfast)
After breakfast, take the small boats back to Impalila Island and back to Kasane where a representative of a transfer company will be waiting for you and you will be transferred to Victoria Falls (approx. 90 km). Your accommodation is located not far from the mighty Victoria Falls Optional: We recommend taking a tour to the famous Victoria Falls today. You can book this tour directly at the hotel. The waterfalls, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, are the result of the mighty natural spectacle of the Zambezi River plunging 110 meters over a 1708 meter wide basalt cliff. The falls are one of the greatest natural wonders on our planet and fascinate everyone who sees the thundering spectacle with their own eyes.
Transfer to your accommodation in Victoria Falls.
The rest of the afternoon is at leisure.
Optional: white water rafting & canoeing, bridge sports, adventure on elephant back, cage diving among crocodiles, tiger fishing, bungee jumping, zip line, helicopter flight over the falls, dinner in the boma …etc.
Day 17: Return flight
The morning is at your leisure. Transfer to Victoria Falls Airport.
